This was my very first experience with members of The Grateful Dead. I "Paid" with a can of soup.
Later on that night, I saw the entire band just a few "L" stops away at the beautiful Uptown Theater.

I am stunned at the thought of this show and the size of the audience. What an amazing blast it must have been.
The pictures were too cool. Thanks

I couldn't believe it when I found this show. I am a Loyola student and 21 yr old neo-Head (to the point where I think I can rightfully say GD has opened my eyes to a new lifestyle and perspective on music since I was 6). The 'Rambler Room' was my cafeteria for my Frosh/Soph years at Loyola...and when my friends and I discovered that one of our most cherished groups played in it...my love of this timeless band shot straight through my heart like it never had before. Well, that's the Dead for you...they do things like that to people...even those who were never born in time to see them...thats timelessness.
Peace

A uniqie and enjoyable perforamce, I would stream this for sure. Just an FYI, I get annoyed with these Deadbase geeks weho have stats memorized, but I felt it important to note this is not the first performance of Oh Boy and certainly not Deep Elem Blues. They did Oh Boy once in '71 on the April tour, I believe Manhattan Center or Boston Music Hall. Deep Elem was played several times in their 1970 acoustic sets. SO feel free to seek out these versions and enjoy.

You know what's really weird is that I have this show in my archives - but it's not listed as the Grateful Dead...
Bob Weir Band (Weir,Cochran,Carlos,Maucer; w/Garcia* & Hart[1])
Rambler Rm-Centennial Forum-Loyola U - Nov 17, 1978 - Chicago, IL
Legacy: SBD> ??> SHN
01-Whinin' Boy Blues[!]
02-Tom Dooley[0]
03-This Time Forever
04-Deep Elm[!][1]
05-KC Moan[!]
06-Heaven's Door[!]
07-Big Boy Pete[0]
08-Jack-a-Roe[!]
09-Dark Hollow[2]
10-Oh Boy[!]
* Jerry Garcia sits-in whole show
[1]= Mickey Hart sits-in rest of show
[2]= Last time played was 11/21/70
[!]= first time played
[0]= only time played
Last Show of the "Bob Weir Band" ---
Next Weir side-show was 1980 with
Bobby & the Midnights
the band:
Bob Weir-guitar, vocals
Bobby Cochran-guitar , vocals
Rich Carlos-bass
John Maucer-drums
Brent Mydland (absent)

http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj266/icepetal/Dead/Dead%201978-11-17/?albumview=slideshow

http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj266/icepetal/Dead/Dead%201978-11-17/ />go here for pics of this awesome show